The Morality Impact of Price War and Low Salary on the Chinese Delivery Industry’s Workers

Shenhong Li; Ziyi Wang; Linkun Han; Junyu Shi; Junyu Yang; Runqi Zhang

doi:10.2991/assehr.k.211209.418

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The Morality Impact of Price War and Low Salary on the Chinese Delivery Industry’s Workers

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Shenhong Li¹^{, *}^{, †}, Ziyi Wang²^{, †}, Linkun Han³^{, †}, Junyu Shi⁴^{, †}, Junyu Yang⁵^{, †}, Runqi Zhang⁶^{, †}

¹Langley Fundamental Middle and Secondary School

²Dulwich Suzhou, Spenser

³International College of Zhengzhou University

⁴Macau University of Science and Technology

⁵University of Connecticut of Business School

⁶University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business

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These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author. Email: ali4244@langleyschools.ca

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Shenhong Li

Available Online 15 December 2021.

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Keywords: Delivery industry; Morality; Legality; Consequentialism; Deontology
Abstract: As is known to all, the delivery industry is one of the world’s largest industries nowadays. Moreover, China’s delivery is thriving these days, and it has already developed over 30 years with the total number of delivery works achieved more than seven million. Sadly, there are several moral problems through the development of China’s delivery industry. Low skill requirements and relatively high incomes make food delivery one of the ideal career options for China’s migrant workers. But the attractions of flexible hours and pay are not all they seem. Most of them work more than ten hours a day, and their commissions on each order have plummeted. Besides, delivery workers are often under pressure to deal with overflowing orders, impatient customers and meet strict delivery time requirements. In this article, we focused on some unreasonable deductions of the salary of express employees. We analyzed this problem in four aspects. They are morality, legality, consequentialism, and deontology, and different aspects may give different results. At the end of the essay, we have also posed several proposals, such as improving China’s labor union system and Establishing an intelligent review and complaint system. In conclusion, according to the research, we should think of more and better ways to improve the express industry and seek more benefits for the couriers.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2021)
Series: Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date: 15 December 2021
ISBN: 10.2991/assehr.k.211209.418
ISSN: 2352-5428
DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.211209.418 How to use a DOI?
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